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' G. R. AYRES.

HORSE BLANKET ATTACHMENT.

Patented Nov. 22, 1887.

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G. RALSTON AYRES, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HORSE-BLANKET ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,764, dated November22, 1887.

Application filed September 30, 1887. Serial No. 251,109.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, G. RALSTON AYRES, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Securing Labels to Horse-Blankets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is tosecure a tag or label to a horse-blanketin such a Way that it cannot be detached therefrom without mutilating orremoving part of the blanket; and this object I attain in the mannerhereinafter described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in Which- Figure 1 is a perspective view ofa horseblanket having a tagor label applied thereto in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, aperspective view,on a larger scale,of the piece carrying the tag; Fig.3, an enlarged sectional view of part of the blanket, and Figs. 4 and 5views illustrating a modified plan of carrying out the invention.

Manufacturers of horse-blankets have experienced much difficulty in somarking the some that purchasers and users are able to identify thegoods, the dealers through whose hands the goods pass removing thetagsor in bels. In order to prevent this I make the tag a with a series ofprojecting prongs or spurs, b, which spurs are by preference passedthrough and bent down on the back of a piece of fabric, (2, which pieceof fabric is afterward sewed around its edges to the inside of the blaket at the breast portion thereof, so as to serve as a breast-lining andas a reenforcing. or strengthening piece for the breaststraps g, thebent prongs or spurs of the tag being between (No model.)

the said rc-enforcing piece and the body of the blanket, so that theyare inaccessible, and the tag cannot be removed without the almost complete removal ofthe re-enforciug piece or such mutilation of theblanket itself as is not likely to be attempted. This plan is generallyadopted in what are known as shaped or stable blankets; butin street orsquare blankets I prefer to adopt the plan shown in Figs. 4 and 5, theprongs of the label being passed through the blanket from the inside andbent down on the outside of the same, and these bent prongs being thencovered by the leather diskf, which is ordinarily employed to protectand strengthen the inner end of the breaststrap g.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of a horse-blanket, having are-enforeing piece secured thereto around its edges,with a tag or labelhaving bentspurs inclosed between the said re-enforcing piece and thebody of the blanket, all substantially as specified.

2. The combination of a horse-blanket,havinga re-enforcing piece securedthereto around its edges,with a tag or label having spurs passingthrough said re-enforcing piece and bent down between the same and thebody of the blanket, all substantially as specified.

In testimony whereofl have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

G. RALSTON AYR'ES.

Witnesses:

XVILLIAM D. CONNER, HARRY Sirrrn.

